Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North WoodsBy: Josephine Chase (-1931)

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[Illustration: "You Ruffian!" Frontispiece.]

GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS
IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS

by

Jessie Graham Flower, A. M.

Illustrated

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio New York
Made in U. S. A.

Copyright MCMXXI By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I ON THE BIG WOODS TRAIL................................ 11

The Overlanders, arriving at their destination, are told that their
guide is busy doing the family washing. Hippy and Hindenburg, the
bull pup, make a hit. Emma Dean wishes she had stayed at home. The
"untamed" bronco entertains the villagers.

CHAPTER II THE VOICE OF NATURE.................................. 18

"Why don't yer feed the critter some soothin' syrup?" jeers a
villager. Emma reads the message of the hermit thrush. On the way
to the "Big Woods." Trouble is threatened at Bisbee's Corners. The
Overlanders attacked by roistering lumberjacks.

CHAPTER III THE CHARGE OF THE JACKS............................. 31

"Out of this, lively!" shouts Tom Gray. The fight in the village
street. Hippy and Tom rescue an unfortunate Indian from the jacks.
Willy Horse follows and overtakes his rescuers. "You Big
Friend Big Medicine!" The new guide creates a sensation.

CHAPTER IV A HUMAN TALKING MACHINE.............................. 42

Joe Shafto lays down the law to her charges. Tom Gray admits that
he is at fault. Emma announces that some of her ancestors were
birds. Hippy advises the guide to eat angel food. A wild beast in
the cabin of the forest woman.

CHAPTER V OVERLANDERS GET A JOLT................................ 53

"A bear! A bear under the table!" Grace Harlowe's companions thrown
into panic. Nora puts her foot in a platter of venison. The guide
explains that Henry, the bear, is a "watch dog." Hippy and the bear
meet in hand to hand conflict.

CHAPTER VI CAMPING UNDER THE GIANT PINES........................ 63

"Sick 'im, Hindenburg!" gasps Hippy. The bull pup saves his master,
and Henry gets a beating. Tom shows how to read the forest
"blazes." The Overland Riders pitch their first camp in the great
forest. Emma gets a message from the air. The lull before the
storm.

CHAPTER VII FELLED BY A MYSTERIOUS BLOW......................... 74

Tom and Grace hearken to warning sounds in the trees. "Quick! Get
the girls out!" A rush from an unknown peril. Hippy declares that
"Nature is an old fogy." Crashing reverberations are heard in the
forest. "Hippy's hurt!" cries Elfreda Briggs.

CHAPTER VIII THEIR FIRST DISASTER............................... 80

Tom informs his companions that their camp has been wiped out.
Building a fire in the rain. Overland girls learn the secrets of
the forest. Joe Shafto boxes Hippy's ears. The pet bear is welcomed
with a club. A startling assertion.

CHAPTER IX LUMBERJACKS SEEK REVENGE............................. 91

"The skidway was tampered with!" Overland tents are destroyed. Tom
gets a cold welcome. A warning of timber thieves. Lean tos are
built for the night's camp. "How can we go to bed with one side of
the house out?" wonders Emma. Awakened by an explosion.

CHAPTER X MYSTERY IN THE FALL OF A TREE........................ 102

Hippy is assisted down the river bank by a flying tree limb. The
camp of the Overlanders again suffers disaster. "Hurry! We've set
the woods on fire!" Battling with a forest fire. Hippy wants to
dream of food. A disturbing outlook.